Monthly Archive for November, 2011

: November, 2011

Move over “Twilight.” There’s a new teen-fiction series headed to the big screen. For fans of Suzanne Collins‘ wildly popular, post-apocalyptic “The Hunger Games,” today’s a big day. The trailer for the first film in the trilogy debuted on “Good Morning America” this morning, giving a first live-action look at who is bringing the characters […] …

Someone just earned a whole lot of brownie points in this relationship. In case you didn’t catch it on Sunday, here’s Buffalo Bills receiver David Nelson scoring a fairly run-of-the-mill touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys. The real action happens after the score, however. Nelson takes a long victory lap around the field to find his […] …

The cast of A&E’s ’Storage Wars’ has ensured that more people than ever will soon start attending storage locker auctions, hoping to strike gold. Literally. According to Storage Auction Guru, cast members Dan and Laura Dotson came across the show’s most astonishing–and most lucrative–find while rummaging through a storage locker in Contra Costa County, on […] …

By Roy Bragg In the movie Stripes, characters Russell Ziskey and John Winger are signing up for the Army. The recruiter asks them if they’re gay. Actors Bill Murray and Harold Ramis ponder the question, then answer. “No,’ Ramis says, “but we are willing to learn.” Now, there’s a place where they can learn — […] …

Herman Cain, if not the most viable candidate for president, has certainly made his case for most blog-worthy. The blogosphere has lit up with jokes about Cain, and now Mike Tyson has jumped in to make fun of the Republican candidate. In this skit for Funny or Die, Tyson plays Cain in a mock campaign […] …

A Marc Jacobs perfume advertisement featuring teenage actress Dakota Fanning has been banned in the UK, following several complaints that the photograph sexualized children. In the ad for Jacobs’ new fragrance “Oh, Lola!,” Fanning poses in a lace dress, an oversized bottle of perfume placed suggestively between her legs. The UK Advertising Standards Authority released […] …

Even animals can’t escape the irresistible lure of tacos, no, brews and buffalo wings. A deer crashed into a Taco Mac near Atlanta a few days ago, shocking customers as it broke windows and jumped around the restaurant, which was full of football fans eating late lunch and watching games, station WYFF reported. The poor […] …

Thrill seekers, your mark has been set. Garrett McNamara logged a new world record, riding a towering 90 foot wave in beautiful Nazare, Portugal this week. According to his personal website, McNamara had dedicated his life to finding — and riding — the biggest waves in the world. I think we can all agree that […] …

A few days after Bank Transfer Day, a movement to get customers to close accounts at America’s largest financial institutions, the New York Times wrote that consumer distaste for big banks has them turning to big box store Wal-Mart. Yes, Wal-Mart is a beneficiary of the anti-corporation, anti-commodification Occupy Wall Street movement. Wal-Mart is not […] …

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